What's my Chinese name in Japanese?

Question

hi I have a Chinese name and I know that Japanese people have their names written in kanji so i was wondering what my name would be in Japanese. Thanks!

彭兆奇

Full name. My last name is first.

Oh hmm I didn't know that. So when they translate names from China, like Wu Jintao, it would sound somewhat similiar to that?
If I didn't tell you that it was a Chinese name, would it have made sense in Japanese (and thus be read differently) ?

haha well i know in chinese, the first character is basically like a sound effect for drums, like bang! The second one means 10 ^ 12 or some really big number. The third one does mean strange or peculiar but i think it can also be like miracle.

yeah lol it does. I used this online dictionary

http://ryouko.imsb.nrc.ca/cgi-bin/wwwjdic?1B

to find the definition and the kanji. However, I'm not sure if the definition they give is the Chinese one or Japanese one.
honestly, i was a bit dissappointed; I thought it'd be like one of those names that are really long like Mitsurugi or Fujiwara or something.

no meaning is better than "strange omen" lol. what if i was in japan and everyone would think I was a banging strange omen?

oh yeah with that dictionary, i looked up each character. The first one didn't have a kun'yomi but the other two do. however, I think I see a lot of different ways to pronounce them.
for example, here's the 3rd character.

http://ryouko.imsb.nrc.ca/cgi-bin/wwwjdic?1D

I don't know how to read that or know if that is more than one reading but i'm just guessing.

I guess the reason why i thought they would translate it directly is because I think the Chinese do that whenever they have to translate something in Japanese, like Tokyo for example. In Chinese, it's like Dong Xing and doesn't sound like Tokyo at all.

disy_123, how do you know which pronunciation to choose?

Answer 1

Okay, so is your name: Peng Zhaoqi
(That's what a translator gave me. If this is wrong, please list how your name sounds in English and I can give it to you in Japanese)

Japanese translate names phonetically. Even though you have a Chinese name, in Japanese, your name would be written in katakana, because it is foreign (Chinese), not kanji.


Peng - ペン (Pen)

Zhaoqi - ジャオチ (Jaochi)


Yes, a name written in Chinese would be pronounced differently in Japanese. Sometimes, it will also have a different meaning:

From what I gather, 彭兆奇 would translate directly into Japanese as "Hou Chouki". Your first name does not appear to have a meaning in modern Japanese. I don't think this character is used. Your last name "Chouki", in Japanese, would literally mean "omen strange" or in better English, "strange omen". That's kind of creepy.

**(the first character in your last name does also mean 1 trillion in Japanese, but I think the alternative meaning sounds more interesting, don't you?)

Oh, and Wu Jintao is: フー (Fuu) チンタオ (Chintao) in Japanese.


****disy_123 is incorrect about Wu Jintao's name. Because he is the leader of China, there is a CORRECT way to write his name. That is what I have written for you. Her translation would be correct if this was a random person named "Wu", but Wu Jintao is China's ruler!

Answer 2

In Japanese your name would be pronounced Ho (or Hou) Choki, accoridng to standard Japanese reading of each kanji.

But most people wouldn't know how to pronounce the first one (the family name part) or what it means, as it is almost never used in Japanese text. I had to look it up in the dictionary myself.

It may also be misread as Bo (or Bou), because of a similar kanji 膨, which IS in daily use.

Answer 3

If I pronounce in Japanese pronunciation, your name will be.....
Hou or Biyoo(彭) Chou or Jyou(兆) Ki or Gi (奇)
I will most likely be " Hou Chou Ki"

"Wu Jintao" will sound same in Japanese. If I write in Japanese it will be ”ウ-　ジンタオ”

Answer 4

is that your full name or just a first or last name?

Answer 5

So Hung Low